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2007 State Aid to Public Libraries in Nebraska

The formula for direct state aid to public libraries for 2007 is as follows:

--------Service Population*-------- --------Amount--------
0-7,999 $625 + $0.10 per capita
8,000 and Above** $0.18 per capita
Incentive aid for libraries that receive additional tax-based funding from a public entity 1% of the amount of additional funding

*For purposes of state aid payments, service population is that of the main funding source, based on revised 2004 census figures.

Town
Library
 Total State
Aid Payment
State Aid Payment
Per Capita
Ainsworth Ainsworth Public Library $1,757
$0.97
AlbionAlbion Public Library   
AllianceAlliance Public Library $1,894
$0.22
Alma Hoesch Memorial Library $1,550 $1.32
Arapahoe Arapahoe Public Library $1,075
$1.08
Arlington Arlington Public Library    
Ashland Ashland Public Library $873
$0.37
Atkinson Atkinson Township Library $1,544
$1.30
Auburn Auburn Public Library $1,288
$0.41
Aurora Alice M. Farr Memorial Library $1,050
$0.25
AxtellAxtell Public Library $697
$0.97
BancroftH.R. Jordan Memorial Library $695
$1.38
Bartley Bartley Public Library $660
$1.89
Bassett Rock County Public Library $1,134
$0.71
Battle Creek Battle Creek Public Library $1,602
$1.37
Beatrice Beatrice Public Library $3,318
$0.26
Beaver CityBeaver City Public Library $687
$1.11
Beemer Karlen Memorial Library $1,069
$1.45
BellevueBellevue Public Library $8,412
$0.18
Bennington Bennington Public Library $1,259
$0.88
Blair Blair Public Library$1,450
$0.18
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library $763 $0.71
Blue Hill Blue Hill Public Library $708
$0.85
Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Library $779
$0.51
BroadwaterBroadwater Public Library $639 $4.70
Broken Bow Broken Bow Public Library $1,314
$0.39
Brunswick Brunswick Public Library $658
$3.83
Cambridge Butler Memorial Library $1,076
$1.06
Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids Public Library $688
$1.80
Central City Central City Public Library $1,338
$0.45
CerescoCeresco Community Library $724
$0.81
Chadron Chadron Public Library $1,185
$0.21
ChappellChappell Memorial Library $721 $0.75
Clarks Clarks Public Library $670
$1.92
ClarksonClarkson Public Library $1,080
$1.59
Clay Center Clay Center Public Library $1,059
$1.26
Columbus Columbus Public Library   
Cozad Wilson Public Library $1,048
$0.25
Crawford Crawford Public Library $1,082
$1.01
Creighton Creighton Public Library $777
$0.64
Crete Crete Public Library$1,607
$0.25
Crofton Eastern Township Library   
Culbertson Culbertson Public Library   
Curtis Klyte Burt Memorial Library $702 $0.91
David City Hruska Memorial Library $1687
$0.64
DeshlerDeshler Public Library $707   $0.86
DeWitt Bob & Wauneta Burkley Public Library $683
$1.18
DodgeJohn Rogers Memorial Library $693 $1.02
Elgin Elgin Public Library$715
$1.01
Elkhorn Bess Johnson Elkhorn Library $2,302
$0.21
Elmwood Elmwood Public Library $696
$0.98
Elwood Elwood Public Library $766
$1.04
EmersonEmerson Public Library $707
$0.86
Exeter Exeter Public Library $694
$1.01
Fairbury Fairbury Public Library $1,036
$0.25
Fairfield Fairfield Public Library $671 $1.47
Fairmont Fairmont Public Library $1,042
$1.56
Falls City Lydia Bruun Woods Memorial Library $1,063
$0.24
FranklinFranklin Public Library $724
$0.73
FremontKeene Memorial Library $4,955
$0.19
Friend Gilbert Memorial Library $743   $0.63
Fullerton Fullerton Public Library $759
$0.59
GenevaGeneva Public Library $1,191
$0.55
Genoa Genoa Public Library$721
$0.80
Gering Gering Public Library $1,758
$0.22
Gibbon Gibbon Public Library $804
$0.45
Gordon Gordon City Library   
Gothenburg Gothenburg Public Library $1,338
$0.37
Grand Island Grand Island Public Library $9,086
$0.21
Grant Hastings Memorial Library   
GreenwoodGreenwood Public Library $683
$1.18
Gretna Gretna Public Library $1,367
$0.35
Hartington Hartington Public Library $1,136
$0.71
Hastings Hastings Public Library $7,693
$0.23
Hebron Hebron Secrest Library $772
$0.53
HemingfordHemingford Public Library $720 $0.76
Hildreth Hildreth Public Library $661
$1.86
Holdrege Public Library System $3,391
$0.35
HooperHooper Public Library$705
$0.888
HowellsHowells Public Library $725
$1.15
HumboldtBruun Memorial Library $1,064
$1.20
Humphrey Humphrey Public Library    
Hyannis Grant County Library$692
$1.03
Imperial Imperial Public Library $1,212
$0.62
Indianola Indianola Public Library   
Kearney Kearney Public Library & Inf. Center $6,722
$0.24
KimballKimball Public Library $1,265
$0.53
LaurelLaurel Community Learning Center $756 $0.80
LaVista LaVista Public Library $2,851   $0.21
Leigh Leigh Public Library$669
$1.54
Lexington Lexington Public Library $1,820
$0.18
Lincoln Lincoln City Libraries $53,803
$0.21
LodgepoleNancy Fawcett Memorial Library $660
$1.87
Louisville Louisville Public Library $731 $0.69
Loup CityLoup City Public Library $1,536  $1.65
LymanLyman Public Library$666 $1.62
LyonsLyons Public Library Public Library $1,082
$1.17
McCook McCook Public Library $1,410
$0.18
MeadMead Public Library$695
$1.15
Meadow GroveMeadow Grove Public Library $716
$2.32
MilfordWebermeier Memorial Library $832
$0.40
Minden Jensen Memorial Library $990
$0.34
Mitchell Mitchell Public Library $1,605
$0.89
MorrillMorrill Public Library $719
$0.77
MullenHooker County Library$700
$0.94
Nebraska City Morton-James Public Library $1,336
$0.19
Neligh Neligh Public Library $1,158
$0.73
NelsonNelson Public Library$681
$1.22
Newman Grove Newman Grove Public Library $1,114
$1.41
NiobraraNiobrara Public Library $692
$1.87
Norfolk Norfolk Public Library $4,681
$0.19
North Bend North Bend Public Library   
North Platte North Platte Public Library $4,586
$0.19
OakdaleOakdale Public Library $676
$2.04
OaklandOakland Public Library $1,121
$0.86
Ogallala Goodall City Library   
Omaha Omaha Public Libraries $95,731
$0.21
O'Neill O'Neill Public Library $1,785
$0.50
Orchard Orchard Public Library $680
$1.83
Ord Ord Township Library$1,226
$0.49
Orleans Cordelia B. Preston Memorial Library $675
$1.69
Osceola Osceola Public Library $1,087
$1.19
Oshkosh Oshkosh Public Library $736
$0.88
Osmond Osmond Public Library $702
$0.91
Oxford Oxford Public Library $710
$0.84
Papillion Sump Memorial Library $3,559
$0.20
Pawnee CityCarnegie Public Library $1,072   $1.11
PaxtonPaxton Public Library$706   $1.26
Pender House Memorial Library $1,089
$0.96
PierceLied Pierce Public Library $830
$0.47
Pilger Pilger Public Library $688
$1.82
Plainview Plainview Carnegie Library $1,134
$0.86
Plattsmouth Plattsmouth Public Library $2,128
$0.30
Polk Polk Public Library$676
$2.21
Ponca Ponca Public Library $728
$0.71
RalstonBaright Public Library $1,386
$0.18
Randolph Randolph Public Library $716
$0.79
RavennaRavenna Public Library $1,106
$0.85
Red Cloud Auld Public Library $731
$0.69
RushvilleRushville Public Library $718   $0.77
Schuyler Schuyler Public Library $1,274
$0.24
Scottsbluff Scottsbluff Public Library $2659   $.018
Scribner Scribner Public Library $1,519
$1.61
Seward Seward Public Library $1,650
$0.24
Shelby Shelby Public Library $1,041
$1.57
Shelton Shelton Township Library   
Shickley Virgil Biegert Public Library $661 $1.83
Sidney Sidney Public Library $3,481
$0.35
South Sioux City South Sioux City Public Library $2,165
$0.18
SpringfieldSpringfield Public Library $773
$0.52
St. EdwardSt. Edward Public Library $701
$0.93
St. PaulSt. Paul Public Library $851
$0.38
Stanton Stanton Public Library $1,165
$0.71
Stromsburg Stromsburg Public Library $1,113
$0.94
Superior Superior Carnegie Public Library $1,170 $0.60
Sutton Sutton Memorial Library $768
$0.54
SyracuseSyracuse Public Library    
Tecumseh Tecumseh Public Library $796
$0.47
Tekamah Tekamah Public Library $1,174
$0.64
Tilden Tilden Public Library $1,611
$1.49
TrentonTrenton Public Library $675
$1.38
UlyssesUlysses Township Library $670   $1.49
Valentine Valentine Public Library $1,868
$0.67
ValleyValley Public Library$910
$0.42
ValparaisoValparaiso Public Library $682
$1.19
Verdigre Verdigre Public Library $705
$1.41
WahooWahoo Public Library $1,035
$0.26
Wakefield Graves Public Library $759
$0.57
WaterlooAgnes Robinson Waterloo Library $730
$1.14
WausaLincoln Township Library $728   $0.90
Wayne Wayne Public Library$1,564
$0.29
Weeping WaterWeeping Water Public Library $738
$0.65
West Point John A. Stahl Library $1,350
$0.38
Western Struckman-Baatz Memorial Library $1,004
$3.50
Wilber Dvoracek Memorial Library $804
$0.45
Wilsonville Wilsonville Public Library    
WinsideLied Winside Public Library $704
$1.59
WisnerWisner Public Library$1,117   $0.91
Wymore Wymore Public Library $815
$0.50
York Kilgore Memorial Library $2,212
$0.28
Yutan Yutan Public Library$754
$0.63

For a more information about the state aid to Nebraska's public libraries, or other statistical data regarding Nebraska's libraries, contact: Sam Shaw, Planning and Data Services Coordinator

For more information, contact Sam Shaw.